Post edited 11:17 am – January 8, 2009 by Miral

Note: all the number pressing is actually a backdoor entry to the eggs, and will only work on certain players (it's not something that's required by the DVD standard).

The true solution to the eggs (which should work on every player) involves pressing the right combination of arrow keys (and then enter) during the countdown.  I'll leave the exact sequence of arrow keys and where they come from as an exercise for the reader   (And yes, I do know it.)

Incidentally, on my PC-based player to get to the countdown in the first place I actually have to click the screen at the right moment — pressing the DVD ENTER button doesn't accomplish anything.  (And in actual fact there's another backdoor to the eggs for PC users: clicking the exact right spot in the countdown screens [and it's different for each screen] will also get you in.)

Post edited 12:40 am – January 10, 2009 by DblTap

Shmuel over on Wedonesque concluded that 2.7.12.13.66.68.81.86.89.103.13 translates to "ethanshlsaa".

I decided that the drop back to "13″ indicated the second sentence, which changes the translation to "ethanshlsae". This keeps with Shmuel's other observation that each number matches the next instance of each letter, and there are no more "e"s in the first sentence.

But then I noticed that if you lose a letter from between 81 and 86.. say spell "whose" as "who's" (which may have been the case before editorial) then the translation is "EthanShafte", which is somewhat close to Ethan Shaftel, the coordinator of the special features and Easter eggs on the DVD.

The mystery of the missing "L" (or should that be missing 37) remains unsolved.

a1tiptop said:

Who's Pat?

Sorry, but the only solution I can see is the one with the number pad and that doesn't work with any of the three DVD players I've tried it on OR my laptop!

Two other threads, right next to this one.  (They're not hard to find, this forum isn't very big.)

My remote doesn't have an "enter" button, only "Play."   Which means I can see only one of the 3 easter eggs.  Why hide content that at least some viewers can't access?   I paid for the DVD & feel a bit cheated. 

Would someone please just post the other 2 easter eggs (that don't require "enter") on YouTube so the rest of us can enjoy them?      Thanks.

DaPieRat said:

My favorite appears only to members of a certain sub-culture:

It appears also if you go quickly from the ELE application videos to the main menu and back.

Post edited 1:20 am – February 3, 2009 by Abbey Marie

I found this solution on another website and every one of them worked for me:

Easter Egg #1

a. Activate the Wiccan subtitles and start watching "Dr. Horrible"
b. Wait for the "Wiccan" subtitles to get going…they soonish say, "Enter at 9780793529865″
c. The "9780793529865″ when plugged directly into Google comes up with an ISBN for Mariah Carey's "Music Box" album. 
d. In the second "Making Of" featurette, the "The Music" featurette, Felicia Day says at some point that she sometimes sounds like "Mariah Carey." Hit the "enter" button on your DVD remote control right when Felicia says "Mariah Carey," you suddenly see an Evil League of Evil countdown screen, counting down from 5 to 1 (if I remember correctly).

e. During the countdown, press 5 and enter, and watch the Evil League of Evil interviews. 

Easter egg #2:
a. Watch the credits for the Making of featurettes.
b. Look for all the yellow letters.
c. They spell out 'Enter at Act 2'
d. Play the movie and skip to the beginning of Act 2.
e. Hit enter as soon as the title comes up.
f. During the countdown, hit '5' and then enter.
g. Watch the HammerJoss.

Easter egg#3:
a. Go to scene selection.
b. In Act 2, there is a fake chapter called "Moist dries up"
c. This leads to another countdown.
d. Hit '6' and then enter.
e. Watch outtakes.

I hope this helps!